Fracking company Cuadrilla Resources are trying to start drilling in Balcombe, West Sussex and the community is trying to stop them.
Updates: Day 12, Day 11, Day 10, Day 9, Day 8, Day 7, Day 6, Day 5, Day 4, Day 3, Day 2, Day 1, The Great Gas Gala Website
See Fracking In Balcombe: A Community Says No for background to issues involved. Scroll down for photos.
Update (11:00pm): Camp up an running and people are staying over night. Hope to see you on Day 2!
Update (2:45pm): Beginning to look like Balcombe 1 – Cuadrilla 0. Thoughts are turning to Day 2 of blockade!
Update (12:45pm): Now over 250 people at site. Come down and join the party!
Update (10:45am): Large crowd. Truck isn’t going anywhere. Come on down!
Update (9:45am): Gazebos are up. Gala settling in for long haul. Come on down!
Update (9:00am): Great Gas Gala going strong. Trucks now backed up all through the village.
Update (8:30am): Great Gas Gala is well underway. A truck tring to deliver equipment is being blocked from entering the fracking site. Numbers are growing.
Sussex Residents Blocking Trucks From Entering Fracking Site
Sussex Residents Blocking Trucks From Entering Fracking Site
Stop Cuadrilla; The Community Has Spoken
Sussex Residents Blocking Trucks From Entering Fracking Site
Road Closed; Nothing Moving
Road Closed Outside Fracking Site
Work stopped at site
Blockade Of Fracking Site Entrance
Sussex Residents Blocking Truck From Entering Fracking Site
Gala Atmosphere As Site Entrance Is Blocked
Sussex Residents Blocking Truck From Entering Fracking Site
Sussex Residents Blocking Truck From Entering Fracking Site
Gazebos Are Up; Settling In For Long Haul
Sussex Residents Blocking Truck From Entering Fracking Site
Blockade Of Cuadrilla Site Entrance Is Growing
Banner Hung On Immobilised Truck
Sussex Residents Blocking Truck From Entering Fracking Site
Sussex Residents Blocking Truck From Entering Fracking Site
Blockade Of Cuadrilla Site Entrance Is Growing
Blockade Of Cuadrilla Site Entrance Is Growing
Sussex Residents Blocking Truck From Entering Fracking Site
Entrance of the Cuadrilla Fracking Site In Balcombe
The View From The Entrance To The Cuadrilla Frackng Site
